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| author | Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com> | 2017-08-31 13:19:36 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-06 23:57:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 3bc4b8f7c757059bb845b5074691362cece91c70 (patch) | |
| tree | 0441f4bb745ee9895b7bd559d8463fa4bca2b679 /Documentation | |
| parent | edc74bc7f0c6884027e851ef09b2e0c9380dcd45 (diff) | |
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Documentation: mention that `eol` can change the dirty status of paths
When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status
without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion
and should at least be mentioned with a remedy.
Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2..4c68bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line +endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to +the index again will normalize the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: |